I had a little extra money and decided to treat myself to some special cigars. The email alert from CigarsDirect.com about these being in stock came at just the right time. So here are some pictures.
God of Fire 2005 Double Robustos by Carlito
Box Purchase: Tatuaje Havana Cazadores Saturday, Sep 1 2007
Matt's Favs and My Stuff 8:24 am
I am the proud owner of yet another box of Tatuajes. I recently started a great new job and got a little sign-on bonus with it. I decided that I earned myself a little reward for landing such a good gig so I took a bit of that bonus money and got me a box of the elusive Tatuaje Havana Cazadores. This particular vitola is reported to be Pete Johnson’s personal favorite and are considered by many to be the best in the regular brown label line (non Reserva or Cojonu). They tend to be darn hard to find too. These beauties measure in at 6 3/8′ x 43 ring. They are a sight to behold as you can see below (click each picture for an enlarged view).
You can read my review of the Havana Cazadores here.
Box Purchase: Tatuaje RC184 Monday, May 14 2007
Matt's Favs and My Stuff 10:44 pm
Feeding An Obsession – Part Duex
My favorite cigars for about the past year or so have been Pete Johnson’s Tatuajes. They are made by Pepin Garcia in his El Rey de los Habanos Factory in Miami, Florida. Even outside of the Tatuajes, I am something of a sucker for just about any cigar Pepin makes. I further indulged my obsession with these smoke with my most recent purchase. I found some Tatuaje RC184 and RC233 perfectos. The RC184 measures an impressive 7.25″x57 ring and the even more impressive RC233 is a whopping 9.125″x55 ring. Both are foil wrapped perfectos sporting a distinctive 3 colored band that sets them apart from the rest of the “brown label” or “cabinet” line of Tatuajes. This presentation is meant to be a sort of Retro Cuban style and the “RC” even stands for “Retro Cuban”.
Here is a picture of my purchase. A box of 10 RC184′s and three RC233′s.
Feeding An Obsession Wednesday, Apr 4 2007
Matt's Favs and My Stuff 12:37 pm
If you couldn’t tell from the cigars I’ve been posting about lately I have a bit of an obsession with the cigars made by Don Jose “Pepin” Garcia. The man is a cigar making savant and I have enjoyed a good number of his products above and beyond just what I have posted about here. From the Tatuajes, to the DPG’s, to the 601s, the list goes on. Today I indulged this obsession some more with a small purchase. These Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Salomones arrived today and they are beautiful…
Box Purchase: Tatuaje Regios Friday, Dec 22 2006
Matt's Favs and My Stuff 4:36 pm
I just picked up a 25 count cabinet of Tatuaje Regios. This is my favorite cigar and given how hard it has been to find, I am excited about the purchase. My favorite local cigar shop finally got a couple boxes in and they were nice enough to hold the box of my favorite vitola for me. It’s a little Christmas present to myself. It took almost a whole year from when I first asked them to try and bring them into the humidor, and although they only got a couple boxes in, hopefully I will start to see them there more often and in a few more vitolas.
My Gear Wednesday, May 3 2006
My Stuff 1:30 am
I thought I’d share some pictures of my humidors. Just click one of the pictures as it scrolls by to see the full sized pic.
(I can’t get the embedded slideshow to work for some reason so here is the url to view the pictures….)
The wine cooler pics are a little out of date. I have reconfigured the shelves, added some cedar trays and I have added a few boxes of cigars as well. It is a thermo-electric wine cooler. It keeps my cigars at 65 degrees and 65% RH very nicely. Because it is thermo-electric and doesn’t use a compressor, the RH stays stable even when the unit is cooling. It has been a dream come true. My cheap man’s climate controlled cabinet humidor.
Update: Here is an updated picture of the wine cooler that shows the cedar trays I added.
Evil Cigar Wednesday, Feb 15 2006
My Stuff 3:03 am
I entered a little contest on my favorite cigar forum for the most evil cigar. Here is a picture of my entry 
“Luke… Join the Maduro side and together we will rule the galaxy as father and son.”
Master Blend Box Pictures Thursday, Jan 12 2006
My Stuff 3:04 am
Box Purchase: Oliva Master Blends Robustos Friday, Jan 6 2006
My Stuff 2:37 pm
I don’t buy boxes of cigars very often, but recently I fell in love with the original Oliva Master Blend Robustos. After smoking one, I bought what was left in the box that my local B&M had out, about seven of them. A week later, he put out another box! I didn’t even know he had it. For those that don’t know, this is a limited production cigar from about 2 years ago that is very hard to find. Here was a whole box sitting there in the humidor. I tried to resist my compulsion to buy it because funds were tight. Well to my complete surprise, the box was still sitting there, and it was intact, after Christmas (two full weeks after he put it out). No one had bought a stick out of it yet. Armed with Christmas money that was gifted to me, I bought the box, so now I’m sitting on a full box of these MB’s. The box itself is beautiful. I’ll try to get a picture of it up soon. Anyway, the box is now safely tucked away in my coolerdor and the plan is to leave it there until 2007 so I can see how these wonderful cigars do with some more age on them. I am a very happy cigar smoker
Inventory Time Friday, Dec 16 2005
My Stuff 9:26 pm
It’s been a while since I’ve taken inventory of my humidor so I figure it’s about time to do it again. I have accumulated a bunch of smokes since the last inverntory. Smoked a bunch too. So here it is, quantity – cigar:
7 – Gurkha Class Regent Toro
1 – Gurkha Master Select XO
6 – Oliva Master Blend Robusto
1 – Oliva Master Blend II Torpedo
1 – Oliva Master Blend II Robusto
1 – Flor de Oliva Maduro Torpedo
2 – CAO Palms Superbowl Perfectos
1 – Camacho Corojo Maduro
1 – Camacho Liberty 2004 11/18
2 – Camacho Liberty 2005 11/18
1 – Fuente Fuente OpusX Super Belicoso
4 – Fuente Anejo #77 (the Shark)
2 – Fuente Anejo #48
1 – Fuente Anejo #50
3 – Fuente Hemigway Signature Maduro
4 – Fuente Hemingway Short Story
1 – Diamond Crown maximus #5
1 – Montecritso White Toro
1 – Cubana Select Toro
1 – Cubana Select Pyramid
1 – Padilla Hybrid
1 – Padilla Maduro
1 – Partagas Black
1 – Don Lino Africa
1 – Excalibur #1 (Limited Edition Aged)
1 – Excalibur 1066 Dark Knight
1 – Rocky Patel Vintage 1992
1 – Perdomo2
1 – Padron 5000 Maduro
1 – Padron 5000 Natural
1 – Romeo y Julietta Robusto
1 – Don Diego Robusto
1 – Maria Guererro Robusto
1 – Punch Toro
5 – 5 Vegas “A” Series Alpha
1 – Juan Lopez Robusto
1 – Bolivar Toro (New Blend)
1 – S.T. Dupont Paris Tubos
5 – Cu-Avana Robusto
11 – El Rey del Mundo Robusto Larga Oscuro
9 – H. Upmann Natural Tubos
This list has my Humidor busting at the seams. Lots of good smokes in there and I’m gonna have to find a way to make room for a few more Fuente Sharks that I have on the way. Guess I’ll have to smoke a few
Glenfiddich 12yr Special Reserve Tuesday, Sep 27 2005
My brother-in-law got married last weekend and I was a groomsman in the wedding. The groom really came through on the gift for his guys. On his way back from Afghanistan, he had a stop over in Ireland. While he was there he picked up a bottle of Glenfiddich Special Reserve 12 year old single malt scotch for each of his groomsmen and he also gave each of us an engraved hip-flask to go with it. I love a good scotch and look forward to indulging in this treat. I think I’ll reserve this for nights when I break out a really good cigar. There’s nothing like a good single malt to accompany a fine cigar.
I Finally Finished My Table!! Friday, Sep 9 2005
My Stuff Poker Table 5:18 pm
Well, it’s finished. I have to say I am pretty happy with the results. It took forever to get the poly finish done. Those poker chips are embedded into the wood and sealed under the poly finish. One chip at each seat position. Here are the links to previous posts that kind of show some of the work in progress.
The Beginings of the Rail
Major Construction Done
Table before finishing
Other Pics
The Completed Table (well almost) Saturday, Jul 9 2005
My Stuff Poker Table 8:19 pm
Here is a shot of my poker table completely assembled. All that is left to do is stain and finish that race track. I couldn’t resist the urge to assemble it to see how it looked all put together.
Major Construction is complete… Sunday, Jul 3 2005
My Stuff Poker Table 3:47 am
After a marathon day of cutting, sanding, and drilling, the poker table is starting to really come together. Next step is to get the right size hole saw so I can set the cup holders that are stacked along the table’s race track. Then it will be time to upholster it. I hope to have time on Monday to pad the outer rail.
Off topic already… Monday, Jun 27 2005
My Stuff Poker Table 1:57 am
Started construction on a casino style poker table this weekend. I thought it would be cool to make the poker games with my buddies more authentic. I already have the nice clay poker chips so the table seemed like the next logical step. Here is a picture of what will soon be the table’s padded rail.
